Knebworth

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Knebworth
Knebworth shown within Hertfordshire
Population	c4,500
OS grid reference	TL252201
District	North Hertfordshire
Shire county	Hertfordshire
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stevenage
Postcode district	SG3
Dialling code	01438
Police	Hertfordshire
Fire	Hertfordshire
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Stevenage
List of places: UK • England • Hertfordshire

Coordinates: 51°51′58″N 0°11′02″W / 51.866, -0.184

Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England immediately south of Stevenage.

The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden and Langley, and ecompasses the town of Knebworth, the small village of Old Knebworth and Knebworth House.

1 History
2 Facilities
3 Famous Inhabitants
4 External links

[edit] History

There is evidence of people living here as far back as Neolithic times, and it is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it is called Chenepeworde (the farm belonging to the Dane, Cnebba) with a population of 150. Ownership of the manor passed through various hands, until it was passed to Robert Lytton in 1492. The original village of Old Knebworth grew up around Knebworth House.

In the late 19th century the village expanded with the arrival of the railway in 1884 and a new community grew up around the station and the old Great North Road becoming the town of Knebworth, now with a population of over 4,000.

In 1962 the completion of the A1(M) motorway relieved much congestion from the narrow High Street in the town.

Since 1974 Knebworth has been famously associated with numerous major open air rock and pop concerts which have been held in the grounds of Knebworth House.

In 2000 Knebworth town was twinned with the commune of Chatelaillon-Plage in France.

[edit] Facilities

Churches
- St Martin’s, Church of England, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and consecrated by the bishop of St Albans, Edgar Jacob, in 1915
- St Mary’s, Church of England, parts of which date back to 1120
- St Thomas More, Roman Catholic Church, built in 1936
- Trinity Church, a Methodist Church and United Reformed Church local ecumenical partnership built in 1996 with roots in the village dating back to 1880
Primary school
Public houses
- The Roebuck, its oldest public house (now in Stevenage) dating back to 1420
- The Lytton Arms (in Old Knebworth) which is an early Victorian building
- The Station Hotel which was built in 1883
Recreation ground, incorporating football pitches, tennis courts, bowling green and adventure playground
Shops and businesses in and around the High Street